Ouch, My 30s!
By Duval Culpepper
Ouch, My 30s!Mar 13, 2020
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 45 - Leaving, Tampa, Florida.
Duval is seduced again by a raven hair temptress (she's a delight I'm just being dramatic) and re-inserts himself in the womb of New York City comedy for the winter.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 44 - Tampa, Florida
Duval walks and talks through Tampa, Florida.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 43 - SPECIAL GUEST BRIAN MURNANE
Duval and his confidant Brian Murnane discuss everything from how they almost man-broke-up during COVID to whether or not Ace Ventura was based on a true story.
You don't want to miss this hilarious episode.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 42 - Sexy New Beginnings
Duval reflects on the beauty of conclusions, dating awful Boston women and the neccesity of passing along knowledge from generation to generation.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 41 - Friends, how many of us have them?
Duval discusses stopping seeking friendship when their season has ended and what defines a good one. He also reads from the January 1988 issue of GQ featuring a smart suit worn by Tom Hanks.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 40 - Meet your pain. Don't fight it.
Duval's back in the woods but building momentum as he learns how to better face his demons.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 39 - Your Angry Barista
Duval reflects on the general state of people's temperament and bitterness, as well as the root of gun violence in America. No biggie.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 38 - Escape from LA (Again)
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 37 - To Live and Die in L.A. (again)
Duval reflects on the COVID PTSD the city of Los Angeles seems to be buried under, dating in L.A., as well as discussing being an elder millennial comedian, being attacked by the homeless and The Last of Us queer narratives.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 36 - Merry Christmas
Duval discusses powerful dreams, somatic trauma and LA weirdness.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 35 - Post-COVID Relationships Getting Weird
Duval talks about getting laid off and relationships getting weird in the wake of COVID.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 34 - The Off-ramp to Mediocrity.
Duval escapes Nashville, heads home for some procedures and reflects on comfort.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 33 - A Lonely 36th Birthday
Duval reflects on ambition, blowjobs and the path forward.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 32 - The Lonely Man
Hulk need companionship and also gets shot down by a girl in a wheelchair.
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Ouch My 30s: Ep. 31 - The F*ck Boi Meets the Booty Doctor
The death of casual dating and a deep dive into Duval's depths.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 30 - Empathy Men and Collective Psychosis
Duval softens and ponders what it is to feel for other...hu-mons as well as the collective state of psychosis we're all in.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 29 - Hudson Valley AIDS
The tick kiss of death and a psuedo breakup send The Commodore down a dark path.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 28 - The Emergency Appendectomy
Duval's anger and stress finally takes a physical toll.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 27 - "Yo bro, did u kill yourself?"
A wellness check goes awry.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 26 - Serial Killers, Depersonalization and the Black Dennis Miller.
Duval's life is chaos and he tries to find "Normal" by laying in bed all day.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 25 - Black to the Future
Duval analyzes mommy issues through Back to the Future 2.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 24 - Escape from New York (Again)
Duval musters the stremph to Escape Kingston and finds his problems waiting for him in the City of Angels.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 23 - White Champagne in Harlem
It's a bit early for champagne, Becky.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 22 - The Fair-Weather Liberal
Duval gets asked to not speak his truth in front of a business.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 21 - Activist Therapist and Voting Ain't For Everybody
Duval gets a therapist who checks her privilege a little too hard and talks about the first 2020 (un)Presidential debates.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 20 - Happy 9/11
Duval reminiscences about 9/11, scapegoating and the PTSD we're still fighting.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 19 - Mumford & Sons Open a Co-Working Space
In the midst of a global pandemic and economic uncertainty, Kingston gets exactly it needs: A high-end, members only (subject to approval), co-working space.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 18 - Happy Birthday To Me and Racial Bias Commercials
Duval reflects on his birthday and rants about white liberals who think black people are as weak as they are.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 17 - Health Vacations and Lesbian Bachelorette Parties
Duval ponders where to go for a healthy birthday and tangles with lesbians once more.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 16 - Prisons Have Long Ass Lines
Duval recalls visiting his father's medieval fortress and discusses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy...and white women.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 15 - Comfort & Familiarity vs Sangria Dreams
Duval had some sangria and reflects on comfort and familiarity in his 30s vs chasing your dreams when it's a little harder to do so.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 14 - White Silence is Bliss
To quote David Chappelle, "White women, I support you. But ya'll don't SHUT THE FUCK UP..."
Ouch My 30s: Ep 13 - Central Park Karens, Minneapolis Murder and a Fate Worse Than Nigger.
Duval draws the correlation between rich white women, the liberal savior complex and how much black people can take.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 12 - Home from the Ronatrip and Hypocritical Bio-Gentrifier Rants
Duval finds unexpected support from his stepdad and when he gets home, the rich white liberal gentrifiers have a new gig.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 11 - Coronatrip (Akron, Ohio)
Duval wanders out into America amidst a pandemic.
Ouch My 30s: Ep 10 - Sins of the Father
Duval's dad breaks quarantine for some crab legs.
Ouch My 30s: Ep 9 - Paternity is a Legal Fiction
Fatherhood, in the sense of conscious begetting, is unknown to man. It is a mystical estate, an apostolic succession, from only begetter to only begotten. On that mystery and not on the madonna which the cunning Italian intellect flung to the mob of Europe the church is founded and founded irremovably because founded, like the world, macro and microcosm, upon the void. Upon incertitude, upon unlikelihood. Amor matris, subjective and objective genitive, may be the only true thing in life. Paternity may be a legal fiction. Who is the father of any son that any son should love him or he any son? - From “Ulysses” by James Joyce
Ouch My 30s: Ep 8 - Surprise, You Have a Dad!
From out of no where, after 33 years, Duval gets a Dad!
Ouch My 30s: Ep 7 - The Last Time You Were Happy
Duval discusses his incarcerated father's screenplay, the last time we were happy and wondering if we can ever start over.
Ouch My 30s: Ep. 6 - Isolation
Ouch My 30s: Episode 5 - Working from Home
Ouch My 30s: Episode 3 - Depression
Before, in your youth, depression was this ephemeral thing. In your 30s, it takes a different toll.
Ouch My 30s: Episode 2 - Friendships
Once I friend was simply a person you drank Smirnoff Ice with. In your 30s, it's probably something different.
Ouch My 30s: Episode 1 - An Introduction
The beginning of riffing on the decade no one prepared us for.